BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 24. The EU and its
leaders treat Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev with special
respect and attention, Yves Leterme, Former Prime Minister of
Belgium told Trend.
“President Ilham Aliyev has demonstrated his readiness to
provide people of Armenian origin living in Karabakh with
unprecedented opportunities to benefit from the progress and
prosperity of the region. I have visited Azerbaijan just recently
and was impressed by the speed and volume of investments in
infrastructure, education, security, social services and economic
development. Deepening and strengthening cooperation with
Azerbaijan meets the interests of the EU. In the economic sphere,
there are still many opportunities for EU cooperation with
Azerbaijani partners, in particular, in investing in the
diversification of the country’s economy and industry,” he
said.
Leterme believes that Azerbaijan also has the potential to
become one of the transport and communication hubs between East and
West.
“Azerbaijan is located in a critical region of Eurasia and plays
a stabilizing role in a world full of tension and antagonism. The
country has a significant untapped economic potential. Investing in
security, stability and sustainable infrastructure, especially
multimodal transportation and ICT infrastructure, is the key to
using all the opportunities of geographical assets that Azerbaijan
offers to European and Asian companies and investors. I am
convinced that the policies and efforts carried out now will be
very useful for the current and future generations of Azerbaijan
and the entire Caucasus region,” he said.
As a member of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Leterme
also thanked President Ilham Aliyev for the constant support and
commitment to the work of the Center.
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